Orfordville School Fire Extinguished
Orfordville high school recovers after a fire in a wooden beam near a chimney. About 350 students were evacuated amid near zero weather and smoke in the building under partial construction. Firefighters accessed the beam by cutting roof holes and dismantling the chimney while officials blamed insufficient insulation and contractor and architect involvement.
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Orfordville
Delbert McGinnis
Klund Knudson and Associates
Oklahoma Patrolman Faces Sorrow Twice
Anadarko Oklahoma highway patrolman Filmore Edgman served as pallbearer for his friend John A Lucas 65. On patrol he was called to a fatal crash south of Anadarko involving Robert Allen Lucas 19, the friend’s son, buried within hours earlier.
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Anadarko
Okla
Oklahoma
Filmore Edgman
John A. Lucas
Edgman
Robert Allen Lucas
Dime produced by joining two coins prompts mint inquiry
Washington dispatch reports a dime that always tails may have been created by bonding two coins. Frederick W. Tate of the mint explains such trick coins can test genuine in metal though altered dates and marks may be detected by experts. The mint did not certify the Philadelphia coin found by Joseph Ahearn and William Ryan.
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Washington
Philadelphia
U.S
Frederick W. Tate
Joseph Ahearn
William Ryan
Ryan
Ahearn
Cuban Girl Survives Jump Into Atlantic Off Florida
A 19 year old Cuban girl, Ana Olga Capestany, jumped from the Havana bound cargo ship Fundador into the Atlantic near West Palm Beach to seek asylum. She was rescued almost immediately by a Coast Guard cutter observing the vessel and was turned over to immigration authorities.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Cuba
Coast Guard
Ana Olga Capestany
Fundador
Montreal
Havana
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Pocutron
Accutron
Spaceview
Pandow Jewelers
Accutron Astronaut
Phillips & Smith
Highway 69
Monroe, Wis
Turkey
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